Farmer is an English surname. Although an occupationally derived surname, it was not given to tillers of the soil, but to collectors of taxes and tithes specializing in the collection of funds from agricultural leases. In 2000, there were 68,309 people with the last name Farmer in the United States, making it the 431st most common last name in the nation. Notable people bearing the surname Farmer Art Farmer (1928–1999), American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player Beverley Farmer (born 1941), Australian writer Bill Farmer (born 1952), American voice actor and comedian Bill Farmer (public servant) (born 1947), former senior Australian public servant Buck Farmer (born 1991), American baseball player Charles "Red" Farmer (born c. 1930), American NASCAR race driver Dan Farmer (born 1962), American computer security researcher Darci Lynne Farmer (born 2004), American ventriloquist Declan Farmer (born 1997), American sledge hockey player Desmon Farmer (born 1981), American professional basketball player Donald Dickson Farmer (1877–1956), Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross Ed Farmer (1949–2020), American professional baseball player and broadcaster Edward McNeil Farmer (1901–1969) American watercolorist and oil painter, former professor at Stanford University. Emily Farmer (1826–1905), English water-colourist and Victorian painter Evan Farmer (born 1972), American actor, musician, and television personality Fannie Farmer (1857–1915), American culinary expert and cookbook author Frances Farmer (1913–1970), American film actress Frank Farmer (disambiguation), multiple people Gary Farmer (born 1953), Canadian First Nations actor George Farmer (disambiguation), multiple people Graham Farmer (born 1935), Australian rules football player and coach Henry George Farmer (1882–1965), British musicologist J. Doyne Farmer (born 1952), American physicist James Farmer (disambiguation), multiple people named James or Jim(my) Farmer Jean Farmer-Butterfield (born 1947), American politician from North Carolina Jeff Farmer (footballer) (born 1977), Aboriginal Australian rules footballer Jeff Farmer (wrestler) (born 1962), professional wrestler known as The Black Scorpion John Farmer (disambiguation), multiple people Joseph John Farmer (1854–1930), English recipient of the Victoria Cross Karl Farmer (born 1954), American football player Ken Farmer (1910–1982), Australian rules football player Kenneth Farmer (1912–2005), Canadian hockey player and businessman Kyle Farmer (born 1990), American baseball player Larry Farmer (born 1942), American professor of law at Brigham Young University Larry Farmer (born 1951), American college basketball coach Lydia Hoyt Farmer (1842–1903), American author, women's rights activist Mark Farmer (born 1957), British comic book artist Michael Farmer (disambiguation), multiple people Mimsy Farmer (born 1945), American actress and sculptor living in France Moses G. Farmer (1820–1893), American electrical